Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35312, Nathan Fletcher, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Fletcher, Nathan
NUMBER
S. 35312
CONTENTS

35 312
Rev INVALID.
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File No. 35-312
Nathan Flatches
His Rev No
et: 18 March 18"
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 469
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3413.
Massachusetts Roll
Nathan Fletcher
Capt Healy private
Mass. Line - 1 Year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Oct r 1818 and sent to Edward D. Bangs Esq r Worcester Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 31.52 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar. 1819 48.00
Arrears - 3 mo 25/31 $79.52
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 19th March, 1818. }
✓ r Charlton Worcester Co
(Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify, that William Ste- man, Esq. , before whom the annexed affidavits have been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this sixteenth day of September ,
A. D. 1818.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
Application of Nathan Fletcher, of Charlton.

Nathan Fletcher
Charles
3413
March 1819

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twenty first day of June, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Nathan Fletcher, aged sixty six years, resident in Charlton, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: I enlisted in April 1775, for four months in Captain Nathan Hales's Company in Col. Learned's Regiment, Massachusetts line, at the expiration of that term of duty enlisted again in December 1775, as a private soldier in the year service (so called) for the term of one year in Capt Samuel Curtis' Company, Col. W. Learned's Reg't. Mass. line. Officer of Brigade and Division not recruited. Was engaged in the battle in Trenton, and at the capture of the British army at Princeton N.J.; continued in the service the whole of the year 1776 and six weeks after the expiration of my term of enlistment, making in the whole 22 months service; the whole of said service was on the Continental establishment, and for which I now have a pension certificate numbered 3413, dated October 7, 1818. —
and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. My original application to the War Office for a pension was dated May 7, 1818. Nathan Fletcher.
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty first day of June, A.D. 1820. before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow. Clerk
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is twelve dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

Schedule of the Estate of Nathan Fletcher of Charlton in the county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
One note of hand signed by Ebenezer Baker, amount $9.00 In cash 3. $12.
I have no family to support, and no means of supporting myself other than what I received from Government in consequence of my Pension Certificate and the proceeds of my labour. I have no profession or trade and no calling but that of a common Labourer. My health is very infirm, being much afflicted with the rheumatism during the cold season of the year, and am totally unable incapable of supporting myself without the aid of public or private charity.
Attest, Bezalel Taft. Jr.
Nathan his Fletcher mark
and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 10th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. My original application to the War Office for a pension was dated May 7. 1818.
Attest Bezalel Taft. Jr. Nathan Fletcher mark Sworn to and declared, on the twenty first day of June, A.D. 1820. before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is twelve dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

Nathan Fletcher Charleston.
Admitted
Nathan Fletcher
John
Nathan Fletcher
John

I Josiah Eddy of Southbridge in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath testify and say that I was a soldier in the same company with Nathan Fletcher within named, and served with him during the term of his enlistment for a year as he has within declared, and that he was duly discharged from the said service.
Josiah Eddy
I William Moore of Asford, do on oath confirm what I have before sworn to before Abijah Davis Esq r as herein before certified and further testify & say that I enlisted the said Nathan Fletcher myself into Capt. Samuel Curtis' company of which I was then Ensign for a years service vis for 1776 in the Continental Army and Massachusetts line; and that the said Nathan faithfully served as a soldier in the said company during the term of his enlistment as he has within declared, and so continued in the same service six weeks longer, at the request of the Commander in Chief, and that I have no doubt he was regularly discharged from the said service. —
William Moore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. September 12 th 1818. Josiah Eddy and William Moore, above named, personally appeared, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavits by them respectively subscribed, before me. And I certify that Gershom Harwood the first testifying witness, and the said Josiah Eddy and William Moore are personally known to me, are credible witnesses, and wholly disinterested in the foregoing application. —
Wm Stedman, Justice of the peace.

I Nathan Fletcher of Charlton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Labourer do upon oath declare, that in the month of April, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy five, I enlisted at Dudley in said County, as a soldier in Capt. Nathaniel Healey's company, to serve in the war of the revolution for the term of eight months, and soon after joined the regiment commanded by Col. Eben Learned at Roxbury near Boston; that before my term of enlistment expired, I again enlisted as a soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Curtis, of the same regiment, in the Massachusetts line of the Army, to serve in the same war, on the continental establishment for the term of one year, that I did serve thereon against the common enemy, the above terms of my enlistment, and at the end thereof again enlisted into the same service in the same regiment for the term of six weeks only, and having served out the said term, I returned to my home. —
I further declare, that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support. —  Nathan Fletcher Mark  Attest Ed. Bangs
State Massachusetts Worcester ss May 7. 1817 — The above Nathan Fletcher personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above declaration before me Edw Bangs, Judge of the Court Common Pleas Worcester County and on careful examination it appears to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. With the seal affixed Edw Bangs

I Gersham Harwood of Charlton, testify and say that I knew of Nathan Fletcher serving as a soldier in the continental Army under his enlistment for a year, as he has within declared, that I served as a soldier in the same company & regiment with him, during that time. Gersham Harwood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. April 28 th 1818. Gersham Harwood above named personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me Wm. Steadman Justice of the peace.
I William Moore of Oxford do testify & say that Nathan Fletcher of Charlton served in the continental Army at Roxbury for Eight Months as a soldier in Capt. Nathaniel Hasty's Company - and after served one year as a soldier in Capt. Samuel Curtis's Company in said Army - in which Company I served as an Ensign. William Moore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. May 7 th 1818. Then William Moore above named personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me - Elijah Davis Justice of the peace